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The Single UNIX &reg; Specification, Version 2<br>
Copyright &copy; 1997 The Open Group

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<h4><a name = "tag_000_008_234">&nbsp;</a>NAME</h4><blockquote>
sched_yield - yield processor
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_008_235">&nbsp;</a>SYNOPSIS</h4><blockquote>
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#include &lt;<a href="sched.h.html">sched.h</a>&gt;

int sched_yield(void);
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</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_008_236">&nbsp;</a>DESCRIPTION</h4><blockquote>
The
<i>sched_yield()</i>
function forces the running thread 
to relinquish the processor
until it again becomes the head of its thread 
list.
It takes no arguments.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_008_237">&nbsp;</a>RETURN VALUE</h4><blockquote>
The
<i>sched_yield()</i>
function returns 0 if it completes successfully,
or it returns a value of -1 and sets
<i>errno</i>
to indicate the error.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_008_238">&nbsp;</a>ERRORS</h4><blockquote>
No errors are defined.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_008_239">&nbsp;</a>EXAMPLES</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_008_240">&nbsp;</a>APPLICATION USAGE</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_008_241">&nbsp;</a>FUTURE DIRECTIONS</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_008_242">&nbsp;</a>SEE ALSO</h4><blockquote>
<i><a href="sched.h.html">&lt;sched.h&gt;</a></i>.
</blockquote><h4>DERIVATION</h4><blockquote>
Derived from the POSIX Realtime Extension (1003.1b-1993/1003.1i-1995) and the POSIX Threads Extension (1003.1c-1995)
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